A group of our BJJ competitors -- Kenzie Swartz, Tara Mitchell, and Ben Otanez, along with Professor Dave Margraf -- traveled to Las Vegas to compete as part of the IBJJF World Master Championships and accompanying event Jiu Jitsu Con on August…
The Cellar Gym brought three competitors to the Next Champ Challenger Series kickboxing event on July 23 in Louisville, KY: Taylor Meyers, Antonio Salazar Jensen, and junior fighter Liam Doo. Liam Doo, already a very exciting fighter to watch in…
The Cellar Gym's BJJ team held our bi-annual belt promotions for youth and adult students this past Saturday, July 8. Between the youth and adult programs, we had nearly 100 students and guests in attendance! Special congratulations goes to our…
The Cellar Gym had five competitors in action at Ignite Fights' Mecca XIX Muay Thai & MMA fight event on July 8 in Bloomington, MN! Our team had two spectacular victories, received a Fight of the Night award, and brought…
The Cellar Gym team had an incredible weekend at the 2023 TBA Classic Muay Thai World Expo in Des Moines, Iowa! We had a huge team, broke tons of gym records, and had one of our best overall performances to…
The Cellar BJJ team did awesome at the Tap Out Cancer tournament on June 10! We had 7 competitors and took home 5 medals (3 gold and 2 silver). Quick recap of our team’s matches: Avery kicked butt and beat…
The Cellar Gym brought three kickboxers -- Samuel Bailey, Javier Huerta, and Katie Locken -- to compete at the WAKO National Championships on May 4-7 in Nashville, Tennessee. Both Sam and Javier took gold in their divisions; Sam also earned…
Members of The Cellar Gym who meet the necessary criteria and gain approval from the head coach of their program may compete under the gym’s banner in any number of combat sports including Muay Thai, MMA, BJJ, and various forms…
The Cellar Gym is proud to be a member of the prestigious Checkmat BJJ affiliation, founded by 6th-degree BJJ black belt Leo Vieira. The Cellar Gym’s BJJ program rosters include eight black belts, as well as many advanced and highly…
Rising to popularity in the U.S. during the early 1990s, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a hybrid martial art that combines techniques from a number of grappling and striking systems such as Muay Thai, boxing, karate, tae kwon do, wrestling,…